Printing apparatus and method of controlling printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKazuma OZAKI
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printing head configured to eject photocurable ink onto a medium, an irradiation portion configured to perform light irradiation of the medium, a mounting portion mounted with the irradiation portion and the printing head in the order from the irradiation portion to the printing head along a first direction, and a driving portion configured to move the mounting portion between a standby position where the printing head stands by and a stop position in the first direction with respect to the standby position. The stop position is a position where the irradiation portion faces the medium.
Claims8
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing head configured to eject photocurable ink onto a medium;
- an irradiation portion configured to perform light irradiation of the medium;
- a mounting portion mounted with the irradiation portion and the printing head in order from the irradiation portion to the printing head along a first direction;
- and
- a driving portion configured to move the mounting portion between a standby position where the printing head stands by and a stop position in the first direction with respect to the standby position, wherein
- the stop position is a position where the irradiation portion faces the medium.
A method of controlling a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus including
- a mounting portion mounted with an irradiation portion and a printing head in order from the irradiation portion to the printing head along a first direction, the printing apparatus being configured to eject photocurable ink onto a medium, the method comprising:
- moving the mounting portion from a standby position in the first direction;
- and
- passing the mounting portion above the medium and stopping the mounting portion at a stop position where the irradiation portion mounted to the mounting portion faces the medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.